Summary
Nutrition
therapy for fatty liver lowers lipid levels successfully and manages
cholelithiasis and hepatic fibrosis in both alcoholic liver disease
(ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Awareness of
bioactive foods, diets, wild foods, and nutrients in public and
government policies is exciting and accepted by regulatory agencies to
be introduced in both outpatient and inpatient departments in medical
practice and public health. Increasing events of side effects of
pharmaceuticals in treating biliary cholelithiasis and hepatic injury
are worrisome and leading physicians in search of alternative means of
dyslipidemia management through change in life style, behavior
counseling, and proper diet schedule. Approaches for the future are
focused on fatty acid transport mechanism, reducing fat accumulation in
both the liver and gall bladder by dietary intervention, safe use of
bioactive foods, and herbal supplements.
Keywords:
Alcoholic liver disease, Bioactive foods, Fatty liver, Hepatocytes,
Kupffer cells, Liver metabolism, Nonparenchymal cells, Nutrients, Wild
foods
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